Tooth-powder bottle



(No Model.)

W. H. BAYLIES.

TOOTH POWDER BOTTLE.

No. 435,912.' Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

ATTOH EYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

YVILLIAM Il. BAYLES, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

TOOTH-POWDER BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,912, datedSeptember 9, 1890.

v Application led .Tune 12, 1890. Serial No. 355,122. (No model.)

lcally closed, and at the same time to avoid the use of any part orparts projecting from the wall of the bottle for the manipulation of thedischarge devices.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my improvedbottle; Fig. 2, an elevation of the bottom thereof; Fig. 3, alongitudinal section, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 views illustrating modifiedconstructions.

The bottle A, which may be made of any suitable material-for instance,glass, paper,

l or wood turned to the desired shape-is at the top contracted andformed with a dischargeopening a and is left with the bottom open.

Within the open bottom is seated a cupshaped plug B, centrally bored toform a bearing for the powder-discharge spindle C. At this bearing thecup is formed with an enlargement c, extending inwardly, the purposebeing to provide a longer bearing for *he spindle, and also to providethe curved surface, as shown, which tends to deflect the powder from thebearing when the bottle is stood upon end, and" for this reason, as wellas because of the elongated bearing, there is less danger of the powdersifting through the bearing.

rlhe bottom end of the spindle is seated in and' connected with apush-button D, flush with the bottom of the bottle, or counter-sunk.This button is provided with an annular depression on its inner faces,in which rests a coiled spring, the opposite end of which bears upon thebottom of the cup-shaped plug B. The push-button D is held in normalposition against the pressure of the spring by the head C of thespindle, which then closes the discharge-opening a of the bottle. Thespindie C is formed with an elongated enlarged portion C, that lits thedischarge-opening a, and between the end or shoulder of the enlargedpart C2 and the face of the head C' the spindle is quite slender, asshown, and forms a core for the charge of powder to be ejected. Bypressing upon the button D the spindle C is pressed forward, the end ofthe part C2 pushing the powder around the portion Cs of the cylinderahead of it and discharging it through the opening a; but when the endof the part C2 reaches the opening a it closes it and prevents any morethan a denite quantity of powder from being discharged. This position isshown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. As will be obvious, as soon as thehead C is pushed away from the opening a there is a perfectly freedischarge of the powder that is pushed forward by the part C2, so thatit will fall freely, butin a compact body, and without the necessity ofany shaking of the bottle directly upon the toothbrush or whereverdesired. The spindle, including the head C and the enlarged part C2, mayall be in one piece and formed of a single wood-turning, or the head maybe attached to the part C3, or the part C3 may he attached to the partC2. The plug B, as well as the button D, may also be turned from wood ormade of any other suitable material. In the modification shown in Fig.4th@ spring and button D are replaced by an elastic diaphragm Dstretched across an'd clamped upon theend of the plug by means of a ringX, and having upon its inner surface a button d, in which the end of thespindle is seated.

In Fig. 5 an elastic diaphragm Dis shown stretched across and clamped byaring X directly to the end of the bottle A. In bottles of thisconstruction the elastic diaphragm constitutes a push-button, and byvits elasticity serves to automatically return the spindle to the normalposition to close the bottle after a discharge of the powder.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as set forth,of the bottle A, having a discharge-opening a, a powder-dischargingspindle C working therein, and an elastically-reacting push-button ordevice connected with the spindle, countersunk in and flush with thewall of the bottle, by means of which it maybe pressed for- IOO forth,0f the bottle A, having a discharge-- opening a, the spindle of lessdiameter than the opening working therein, and having a head C forclosing the opening, and an elongated enlarged portion C2, fitting theopening and adapted to press forward through the opening a definitequantity of powder, and an elastically-reacting button or device forforcing the spindle forward to discharge the powder and automaticallyreturning it tothe normal position to close the bottle.

3. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the bottle having adischarge-opening, the spindle of less diameter' than said opening andWorking therein, and having a head C for closing the opening, and theenlarged portion C2 for discharging the powder through the opening, thecup-shaped plugin i scribed my name.

the bottom of the bottle, in which the spindle has its bearing, and aspring and push-button with which the spindle is connected arrangedwithin said cup-shaped plug, the button being flush with the bottom ofthe bottle.

4. -The combination, substantially as set forth, of the bottle A, havinga dischargeopening a, a powder-discharging spindle working therein, andan elastically-reacting pushbutton or device in the bottom of the bottleand ush therewith or countersunk therein and connected with the spindle,by means of which it may be pressed forward to discharge the powder fromthe mouth or opening and automatically returned to the normal positionto close the bottle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- WILLIAM H. BAYLES. Witnesses:

EDWARD C. DAVIDSON,

FRANK S. OBER.

